Happy Independence Day, our American folks. To our international fans: Happy Tuesday. This week's Power Rankings celebrates justice, freedom and liberty with a lowercase 'l.' Not much has changed from last weeks WNBA.com Power Rankings as the Sparks are once again the top ranked team and the bottom five remain the same. The Connecticut Sun take over the No. 2 spot as the Eastern Conference race starts to heat up, and the Mystics fall three spots.
| 2006 WNBA.com POWER RANKINGS: Week Six | |||||
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| 13-5 | Despite
losing to Seattle on Wednesday to end an eight game winning streak and falling
at home last night to the Silver Stars, the Los Angeles Sparks remain in the top
spot thanks to Chamique Holdsclaw's solid play off the bench in back-to-back wins.
Against the Mercury on Friday Chamique scored 18 points, and the following night
she scored a season-high 23 points in a win over the Mystics. The Sparks have
won 10 of their last 12. Upcoming: vs. Houston, vs. Indiana | ||
| 2 |
| 12-5 | After
finishing the week 2-1, the Connecticut Sun are back at the No. 2 spot despite
losing to the Detroit Shock, who held the second spot last week, 64-70, on Friday.
The Sun remain ahead of Detroit and Indiana in the Eastern Conference standings
and proved that they are still the best team in the East by bouncing back from
Fridays loss by beating the Fever on the road, 76-66. Upcoming: vs. Charlotte, vs. Phoenix | ||
| 3 |
| 11-5 | The
Shock remain in the top three of the Power Rankings and the WNBA Eastern Conference
standings. Cheryl Ford's 22 points and season-high 19 rebounds led the Shock over
the Silver Stars on Tuesday, 63-59, to start a three game road trip. The Shock
finished the trip 2-1 with their only loss coming to the Fever, 56-66, on Thursday,
and defeated the Eastern Conference leading Connecticut Sun 70-64 on Friday. Upcoming: vs. Phoenix, at Minnesota | ||
| 4 |
| 10-5 |
The Houston Comets have now won nine straight at home and four
of their last five overall. After losing to the Sun on the road, 57-73, to start
the week, the Comets won two in a row over the Monarchs and Mystics at home. Five
of the Comets next six will be played on the road. | ||
| 5 |
| 12-6 |
The Fever suffered their first home loss of the season losing
to the Connecticut Sun, 66-76, on Saturday. However, the Fever beat the Mystics
and Shock last week to finish the week 2-1 and remain only 0.5 games behind the
Conference leading Sun. The Fever play their next three on the road before a five
game home stand. | ||
| 6 |
| 10-8 |
The Storm are two games over .500 for the first time this season
after finishing last week with a 3-0 record, including a win over the Los Angeles
Sparks on the road without their star center Lauren Jackson in the lineup, snapping
the Sparks eight game winning streak. Jackson was back in the lineup on Saturday
and did not seem to lose a step. She finished the game with 25 points and 10 rebounds
as the Storm defeated the Lynx 92-75. The Storm's next four will be played at
home where they currently hold a 6-3 record. | ||
| 7 |
| 9-8 |
Erin Buescher led the Monarchs to a 2-2 record last week. Buescher,
who averaged 15.5 points and 8.25 rebounds for the week, scored a game-high 25
points and grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in a 87-78 win over the Lynx on Wednesday.
In a 65-57 win over the Sting on Saturday Buescher recorded her first double-double
of the season as she scored 13 points and grabbed 13 boards in the Monarchs second
win of the week. | ||
| 8 |
| 9-8 | After
starting the season 7-0 at home, the Washington Mystics lost their first home
game last Tuesday when they were defeated by the Indiana Fever, 67-74, at the
Verizon Center. The Mystics road troubles this season continued on Thursday as
they lost to the Comets 76-83, and Saturday as they were defeated by the Los Angeles
Sparks 75-80. The Mystics went on to win their first game of the week on Sunday
as Chasity Melvin led the Mystics past the Mercury 81-78 on the road. Upcoming: at Minnesota, vs. Sacramento | ||
| 9 |
| 7-7 | The
Silver Stars are back at .500 after winning back-to-back games against the Liberty
and Sky, then going on the road an winning in Los Angeles of all place on Monday
night. In her return to New York, Vicki Johnson scored a team-high 19 points to
lead the Silver Stars past the Liberty, and the following night she dished out
a season-high eight assists as San Antonio defeated the Chicago Sky 69-57. Shannon
Johnson nearly had a triple-double against the Sparks. Upcoming: vs. Detroit, at New York | ||
| 10 |
| 6-9 | The
Mercury lost two close games (83-85 at LA, 78-81 vs. Washington) after beating
the Minnesota Lynx, 81-78, on Wednesday to finish the week 1-2. Cappie Pondexter
averaged 23 points per game in the Mercury's two losses. Upcoming: at Detroit, at Connecticut | ||
| 11 |
| 4-11 | After
winning two straight and finally looking alive, the New York Liberty lost to the
Charlotte Sting, 67-73, and San Antonio Silver Stars, 78-9, at home last week.
Vicki Johnson made her return to the New York and showed the Liberty what they
have been missing as the veteran scored 19 points to lead the Silver Stars. Upcoming: vs. Sacramento, at Chicago | ||
| 12 |
| 5-11 | Seimone
Augustus and the Lynx lost all three games played last week and have not won in
their last five. The Lynx' next five games will be played at home. Upcoming: vs. Washington, vs. Detroit | ||
| 13 |
| 3-13 | The
Sting ended their seven game losing streak on Tuesday as they defeated the New
York Liberty, 73-67. The win was Charlotte's first road win of the season and
helped keep them from having the worst record in the WNBA. Upcoming: at Connecticut, at Los Angeles | ||
| 14 |
| 2-14 | Led
by Dupree's 15 points and seven rebounds, the Sky won their first home game of
the season and snapped a 13 game losing streak as they defeated the Charlotte
Sting, 75-69. Two days later the Sky's losing ways continued as they lost to the
Silver Stars 57-69. Upcoming: vs. New York, vs. at Washington | ||
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